Ombré Heart

A poem for mom

Kimberly Hampton Nilsson
Amusing Responses
Published in
2 min readSep 8, 2022

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Photo by Vincent van Zalinge on Unsplash

A farewell to life -with scheduled adieu
Where will you go -from lingering silence
With no you to be found -these teardrops are true

The ombré heart -awaiting to sing
Spies your blue sparrow -perched on the sill
She flutters unknowingly -lifting her wing

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